Allison to Bring 9-Speed Automatic Transmission to Market by 2020
Allison Transmission plans to release the first 9-speed fully automatic transmission in 2020, offering fuel savings and available to help meet the next round of greenhouse gas emissions standards.
Ryder, Aperia team up
ATLANTA, Ga. – After recently logging more than a billion miles on their flagship product, the Halo Inflation System, Aperia Technologies announced they will be partnering with Ryder System to bring the product to their fleet of commercial rental vehicles.…
eNow pictures a sunny future
ATLANTA, Ga. – eNow is ready and eager for a world where solar power turns vehicles into mobile charging stations. That was the message delivered by president and founder of eNow, Jeff Flath, at a press conference at this year’s…
OOIDA announces coalition to press for ELD mandate delay
The move is the latest attempt by OOIDA to have the mandate stalled or struck down outright. So far, those attempts have been unsuccessful, and the mandate’s looming compliance date remains in effect.
Shipper demand pushes limits of supply chain visibility
ATLANTA — The top priority of shippers in the Amazon era is increasingly clear: visibility. The need to know where inventory is in the supply chain, not once or twice a day but in near real-time, has never been greater, driven by fulfillment cycles as tight as two hours, let…
PrePass Offers Tolling Analytics Solution
Help Inc., provider of the truck weigh station bypass service PrePass, has introduced Inform Tolling – a new tolling data analytics solution for medium and large trucking companies to monitor and manage toll transactions.
Kinedyne plans to deliver new cargo solutions for final-mile deliveries
ATLANTA, Ga. – Fleets serving all-important final mile deliveries generated through e-commerce need to load and unload in some tight places. But Kinedyne is bringing a load-rated curtain-sided system to North America that will make it easier to access the…
Wabco Launches OnLaneAssist Driver Assistance System
Wabco has launched the OnLaneAssist advanced driver assistance system designed to prevent unintended lane departures with an active steering functionality.
Trucker involved in grisly illegal alien smuggling operation will not face death penalty
Trucker James Matthew Bradley Jr. faces seven counts for his alleged involvement in an illegal immigrant smuggling operation with the possibility of life in prison. The government announced it will not seek the death penalty.
Trucker, Army veteran gunned down in possible road rage incident in Omaha
James Womack, 32, was shot in the back three times near the truck he drove for Hill Brothers Transportation Monday, Sept. 18. According to the Omaha World-Herald, a witness said Womack confronted the driver of a pickup truck and was walking back to his truck when he was shot.